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"FacebookPinterest\n\nThis is New England, so let\u2019s talk about independence for a minute. Years ago, Cambridge, Massachusetts, was a hanger-on, the suburban understudy to the city across the river. You might cross the Charles River for a visit, but you\u2019d stay\u2014and eat and drink and hang\u2014in Boston proper. Technically, it\u2019s been the City of Cambridge for almost two centuries, but it\u2019s finally owning its urbanity.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\n Harvard Yard\n\nYou\u2019ll notice as much at the elegant Charles Hotel, just off Harvard Square, where the staff is happy to run a firmer pillow up in the middle of the night. And the Hotel Veritas is a classic Victorian mansion that went to Art Deco finishing school.\n\n Harvard may not have accepted you for undergrad, but this town can still enrich your life. The Harvard Book Store hosts the likes of Rachel Maddow, Jonathan Lethem, and, um, Shaquille O\u2019Neal. And while the world-class Fogg Museum gets a facelift, you can see its Whistlers, Pollocks, and O\u2019Keeffes at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, which is also packed with ancient art. Think of it as a two-for-one.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\n Bondir\n\nFor dinner, book a table far in advance at Craigie on Main, the three-year-old case in point for the city\u2019s newly acquired haute cuisine cred. (Don\u2019t miss the flawless oysters topped with candied-lemon mignonette.) After dinner, kick back with cheap drafts at People\u2019s Republik, a watering hole for young leftists and a raucous party for the people.\n\nThe next morning, head to Area Four for the Hot Mess, a farm-fresh variation of the classic trucker scrambler, then take a short walk to MIT\u2019s campus to scope out Frank Gehry\u2019s angular Stata Center and the massive midcentury Green Building, a skyscraper on stilts that helped launch I. M. Pei\u2019s career. Afterward, just chill on the Charles and watch the crew teams hauling ass.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\n Craigie on Main\n\nDinner on night two is at Bondir, where each dish on the wildly inventive menu (think: local scallops with apple, pickled garlic scapes, and coriander froth) is available in whole or half portions. Do a DIY tasting, and wash it down at Brick Mortar, where the bartenders shake up rarefied cocktails for Harvard hipsters and in-the-know Bostonians. This newfound elevation should come as no surprise; in a city of overachievers, of course everything else would eventually follow suit.\n\nWhere to get that Ivy League look in Cambridge\n\nThe Mecca: J.Press \n\n Staffed by old-school menswear stalwarts who guess your inseam when you walk in the door, this institution sells the same repp ties, oords, and blue blazers it did when JFK was studying nearby.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\n J.Press\n\nThe Archive: Oona\u2019s Experienced Clothing \n\n If you haven\u2019t had a lifetime to artfully fray your Brooks Brothers button-down, break in your boat shoes, or earn a varsity jacket, this vintage joint is here to help.\n\nThe Next Wave: Concepts\n\n It\u2019s part high-end skate shop, but you\u2019re here for staples of nouveau prep: A.P.C. wad cotton jackets, Lacoste polos, and limited-run New Balance sneakers."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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